Ear for pails



W. G. MOORE.

EAR FOR RAILS. No. 285,298. Patented Sept. 18,1883.

Viz mew 5 0a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W. GEORGE MOORE, OF LANCASTER, OHIO.

EAR FOR PAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,298, datedSeptember 18, 1883.

" Application filed June 2, 1883. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. GEORGE MooEE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Fairfield and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ears forPails and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful, improvements in earsfor the attachment of handles to pails, buckets, or cooking-utensils,the object of my invention being to provide to the trade an ear which iscomplete in itself and provided with means for attaching the same to avessel; and to this end my invention consists in an car which is formedcomplete, with attaching means therewith, which can be secured to avessel by merely upsetting or bending the'parts within suitableperforations formed in the vessel.

In the annexed drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure I is aperspective View,

' showing the ear detached. Fig. 2 is a side I lower portion of the earA is provided with outwardly-projecting lugs a, which are attached tothe same, the upper part of the ear being provided with a perforation,I), through which passes the end of the handle.

In Fig. 3 of the annexed drawings I have shown a modification of myinvention, in which the body of'theear is of ordinary construction, andis provided with perforations, through which pass rivets a, which areattachedto the ear by means of solder, or are secured thereto when theear is galvanized, as ears for pails are usually furnished to the tradegalvanized.

To attach this improved ear to a pail it is only necessary to make inthe bucket or pail openings which will correspond with the lugs a withinthese openings, after which the inner ends of these lugs, which projectthrough the body of the pail or bucket, may be upset or bent down,thereby securing the ear tothe body.

By means of my improvement I am enabled to furnish to the trade an earhaving means for attachment to the bucket provided on the same, thussaving the additional expense of rivets and the annoyance of placingthem in position.

I aware that prior to my invention bail-ears have been made of a single,piece of metal, which have been provided with means for attaching thesame to a bucket, as prongs, and I lay no claim to such as my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of commerce, an ear for bails, provided with means forattaching the bail to the same, and means for attaching the ear to thepail or vessel, which means consists of a rivet secured by solder to theear, so as to project on the inner side of the same, substantially asshown.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

W. GEORGE MOORE.

Witnesses:

D. '1. CLOVER,

Tnos. H. WHITE.

